Sustainable Housing in the Urban Context: International Sustainable Development Indicator Sets and Housing

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nessa Winston ◽  
Montserrat Pareja Eastaway
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Indicator Sets

scholarly journals Social Priorities of Less Developed Countries Sustainable Housing (Case of Sudan)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Ayman K. Abdelgadir ◽  
Omer A. Abu Elzein ◽  
Faris Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Less Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Developed Countries

Sustainable development and sustainable housing indicators are a response to the trend of adopting sustainable development objectives, adopted by most countries, especially developed and less developed countries. It is difficult to implement indicators developed for a developing country context in other contexts with different social, economic and environmental conditions. Social sustainability is the most important priority regarding evaluating the housing development projects in the developed and less developed countries. Economic conditions is linked in many aspects to the social sustainability indicators. Environmental indicators are important, but the less developed countries in general has a very low environmental foot prints, this is because the industry sector is usually week comparing to the developed countries. This paper reviews the sustainable housing indicators, with a focus on United Nations reports and indicators developed for contexts similar to study area, without ignoring the most reputable indicators developed for developing countries context. The research came with a set of indicators reflects the social priorities of the new housing development in Sudan. A questionnaire participants decided the relative important of each indicator and also the importance of the parameters of each indicator. Developing a set of social priorities for Sudan will give extra efficiency in promoting and assessing sustainability in the study area. Description of the questionnaire results which reflects the national social sustainable housing development priorities are discussed. The researches came with a set of recommendations to enhance the social aspects for new housing development projects in Sudan. Using this set of priorities and recommendations will give extra efficiency in promoting and assessing sustainability in the study area.

Financing Sustainable Development in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 140-152
Author(s):  
Oluwabunmi Opeyemi Adejumo ◽  
Uchenna R. Efobi ◽  
Simplice A. Asongu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
African Region ◽  
What Works ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Head Count ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Societal Problems

Actualizing sustainable development in Africa will require enormous economic resources. This implies that there must be a clear balance of prioritization of financing options on what works best for development in this region without further escalating other societal problems. The authors argue in the chapter that though there has been some benefit from the traditional means of financing development in Africa, some drawbacks still exist considering the rising rate of inequality and poverty head-count in the region. On this note, this present study examines financing options that have previously been advocated for in financing development in the African region (i.e., taking stock), such as development assistance and foreign investment, by considering its implication on development outcomes like poverty, inequality, and aggregate human development indicator in the region.

Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Typical Small Watershed in Mountain Area - A Case Study of Puwa Small Watershed

2011 ◽  
Vol 183-185 ◽  
pp. 729-733
Author(s):  
Cui Mei Ren ◽  
Wen Biao Duan ◽  
Ze Yu Li ◽  
Lin Meng ◽  
Li Yang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Basic Operation ◽  
Small Watershed ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Pca Method

With rapid sponsorship and widely spreading of sustainable development theory, the research on the sustainable development indicator systems and its evaluation became increasingly an important issue for small watershed. Small watershed was thought to be the most basic operation unit for watershed sustainable development realization, building its sustainable development indicator system was regarded as the basic approach of realizing its sustainable development. Taking Puwa small watershed as study object, this paper quantitative analysis that the status of small watershed sustainable development by using AHP-PCA method. In this paper, taking AHP-PCA method as a powerful tool, by calculating comprehensive evaluation values of sustainable development as well as objective analysis of the level of sustainable development in different years the sustainable development situation of Puwa small watershed was evaluated. Corresponding strategies were put forward to supply relational decision-making departments with reference.

scholarly journals SPATIAL PATTERN OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR FOR THE MONTREAL URBAN COMMUNITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohel Reza Amin ◽  
Umma Tamima
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The City

The City of Montreal initiated a First Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development in 2005 followed by a Community and Corporate Sustainable Development Plan in 2010–2015. This study proposes a sustainable urban development indicator (SUDI) for each Montreal Urban Community (MUC) to evaluate the achievements of sustainable development plans. This study identifies thirty-two variables as the attributes of sustainable urban development. The multivariate technique and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis are applied to determine the spatial pattern of SUDI for each MUC. The spatial pattern of SUDI identifies that Ville Marie, Verdun, Sud-Ouest, Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Plateau Mont-Royal have strong sustainable development. The findings of this study help the City of Montreal to understand the improvement of the sustainable development plans for Montreal city and to distribute the municipal budget for the community benefits accordingly.

scholarly journals The Sustainable Island Development Evaluation Model and Its Application Based on the Nonstructural Decision Fuzzy Set

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Quanming Wang ◽  
Peiying Li ◽  
Qinbang Sun
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Development Indicator

Due to the complexity and diversity of the issue of sustainable island development, no widely accepted and applicable evaluation system model regarding the issue currently exists. In this paper, we discuss and establish the sustainable development indicator system and the model approach from the perspective of resources, the island environment, the island development status, the island social development, and the island intelligence development. We reference the sustainable development theory and the sustainable development indicator system method concerning land region, combine the character of the sustainable island development, analyze and evaluate the extent of the sustainable island development, orient development, and identify the key and limited factors of sustainable island development capability. This research adopts the entropy method and the nonstructural decision fuzzy set theory model to determine the weight of the evaluating indicators. Changhai County was selected as the subject of the research, which consisted of a quantitative study of its sustainable development status from 2001 to 2008 to identify the key factors influencing its sustainability development, existing problems, and limited factors and to provide basic technical support for ocean development planning and economic development planning.

scholarly journals Logical Structure of Actions to Reduce the Impacts of Traffic Incidents

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5909-5927
Author(s):  
Marina Leite De Barros Baltar ◽  
Victor Hugo Souza De Abreu ◽  
Andrea Souza Santos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Intelligent Transportation System ◽  
Logical Structure ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Traffic Incidents ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Traffic Incident ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Traffic Incident Management

Traffic incidents (such as broken-down vehicles, accidents, flat tires and other) constitute an important concern in the urban context, impacting the sustainable development. Thus, currently, the proposition of efficient traffic incident management systems has been encouraged to re-establish road safety and restore the network's traffic capacity. Thus, this paper aims to investigate the main impacts of traffic incidents and elaborate a logical structure of actions that should be employed to improve their management. The results show that many impacts can be identified in the three spheres of sustainable development and improvement actions must accelerate responses to emergencies, invest in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), develop urban planning with a focus on more roads secure and enforce existing laws and regulations.

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